Crewet

Same as CRUET, q. v. Crib, n. [A. S. cryb; Du. krib; Ger. krippe, dim. of krippchen, akin to Gr. krabbatos, a couch.] A small bed or couch; as, a child's crib. - A manger; a rack; as, a crib for hay. "The steer and lion at one crib shall meet." Pope. Greece, but agriculture is in a deplorable state. Crete is highly interesting from its cla ical a ociations. It was the birthplace of Jupiter, "king of gods and men." Adventurers from Phoenicia and Egypt introduced arts and sciences into Crete, while Greece and the rest of Europe were involved in the darkest barbarism. The laws of Minos served as a model to Lycurgus; so that Crete became, as it were, a channel by which the civil i"Now I am cabin'd, críbb'd , confined." - Shaks . zati on of the East was transferred to Europe. It was conquered by the Romans, after an obstinate resistance, -To pirate or pilfer, as from a literary work. (Cant.) anno 67 B. c. The Genoese and the Marquis of Mont- -v. n. To crowd or hurdle together. "Liest thou in smoky cribs?"-Shaks. -A corn-bin. - A stall for cattle. - A prison; a house of detention; a lock-up. (Cant.) Anything copied literally from an author's work; used colloquially. serr at succe ively po e ed it. The Venetians bought it from the latter in 1204; and in 1669, after a 24 years' war, it was conquered by the Turks. The revolution in Greece was followed by one in Crete, and from 1821 to 1830 the island suffered the worst evils of a sanguinary and devastating war, without conquering its independence. Ever impatient of the Turkish yoke, the Cretans again broke out in open revolt in 1867, and for more than a year resisted courageously the forces of the Turkish empire, asking for union with Greece or independence. But the European powers prevented Grecian intervention, and in 1869 C. was obliged to submit to Turkey. Another revolt broke out in 1897, in which Greece sent an army to C. in defiance of the powers of Europe and despite the fact that their fleets gathered round the island and threatened Greece with blockade. For the details of this insurrectionary movement, see GREECE. The island is divided into the provinces of Candia, Retimo, and Canea, so named from their capital cities. The population, which was over 1,000,000 in ancient times, IMG:content-0419.png:[blocks in formation] Cribbage, ( kribaj ,) n. [Etymol, uncertain. Perhaps from the low word crib , to take, steal, or purloin.] (Games.) A game played by two persons with a complete pack of 52 playing-cards. It is divided into two cla es, the 5-card and 6-card games. The 5-card is the original game, and affords the greatest scope for the exercise of skill. The points are scored upon a board, and 61 points constitute the game. All the kings, queens, knaves. and tens count as 10 each, and the rest of the cards according to their ordinary value; that is, 6 for six, 5 for five, and so on. The points which reckon for the game are fifteens, sequences, flushes, pairs, . After dealing, the players gather up their cards, and having taken out two each, place them, with their faces down, on the table. These four cards form the crib , which becomes the property of the dealer, under certain conditions. Points are scored in two different ways in cribbage, - first in play, and second in reckoning up the cards held. After the crib is put out, the pack is cut by the non-dealer, and a card turned up by the dealer. When this card is a knave, it is called 2 for his heels , and counts 2 to the dealer; and a knave held in hand, of the same kind as the turn-up card, entitles the player to score 1; it is called 1 for his knob. A 6-card C. is played in a very similar manner, but is inferior in science to 5-card с . When three parties play at the game, each plays on his own account; and when four play, sides are generally chosen.